Not developed or endorsed by NARA or DVIDS. Part of the World's largest public domain source PICRYL.com.

50 cal

public
1,799 media by topicpage 1 of 18
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Pesto, driver of a High

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Pesto, driver of a High

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Pesto, driver of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle at the mobile assault course during Exercise Bougainville II at the Pohakuloa Training Area, on the island of Hawaii, Oc... More

U.S. Marines with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division,

U.S. Marines with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division,

U.S. Marines with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, conduct assault amphibious vehicle crew-served weapons training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 20, 2019. The company traversed more than 22 kilo... More

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor demonstrates how to assemble and disassemble an M249 light machine gun to Iraqi police from the 3rd Battalion, 20th Brigade Federal Police at the Besmayah Tra... More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Blancett from

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Blancett from

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Blancett from Delta Company 1st Battalion 143rd (Airborne) Infantry Regiment loads a mk-19 grenade launcher at the Golden Coyote exercise on Camp Guernsey, Guernsey, Wyo., ... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and drill sergeant units tackle a confidence course during a multi-day training event at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 6. The 384th Military Police Battalion, headqu... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Brian Mays, left, prepares

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Brian Mays, left, prepares

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Brian Mays, left, prepares to replace the barrel of a vehicle mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a range day at FOB Farah, Nov. 9. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise and... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Tuccitto with Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Tuccitto with Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Tuccitto with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing prepares ordnance during a deployment for training (DFT) at Mountain H... More

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct live-fire drills on a .50 caliber medium machine gun at a crew-served range during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 in ... More

190806-N-WI365-2179 CORAL SEA (August 06, 2019) – Range

190806-N-WI365-2179 CORAL SEA (August 06, 2019) – Range

190806-N-WI365-2179 CORAL SEA (August 06, 2019) – Range safety officer Chief Gunner’s Mate Carlos Torres, from Houston, observes Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Alexis Vazquez, from Cleveland, Ohio, fire an M2HB .50-ca... More

Sgt. Paul Hutton, Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Sgt. Paul Hutton, Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Sgt. Paul Hutton, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army South, inspects an M2 .50-caliber machine gun before the weapons testing portion of the situational tr... More

Cpl. Brittany Montana, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier

Cpl. Brittany Montana, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier

Cpl. Brittany Montana, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 354th Military Police Company, of St. Louis, fires an M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun during a familiarization range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov.... More

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS),

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS),

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), is mounted on top of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a fielding to U.S. Army Reserve units at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Jan. 23-27, as part o... More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with C Company,

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with C Company,

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with C Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct entering and clearing a building during training at Yakima Training Center,... More

Private Justin Smith A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry

Private Justin Smith A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry

Private Justin Smith A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment recieves order to move out during an air assault mission during Exercise Anakonda 16, Oszsyz, Poland, June 11th, 2016. Exercise Anakonda 16 is a... More

U.S. Army Spc. Darius Gleaton, a combat engineer with

U.S. Army Spc. Darius Gleaton, a combat engineer with

U.S. Army Spc. Darius Gleaton, a combat engineer with the 174th Mobility Augmentation Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, looks downrange as he prepares to zero a 50 cal. machine gun on the range at Mc... More

U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers from various

U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers from various

U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers from various Midwest states shoot the M240B machine gun at a qualification range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 6, during a multi-day training event. The 384th Military... More

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company,

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company,

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct night time live-fire exercises Dec. 7, 2015, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of opera... More

Black Sea Rotational Force 13, NATO military activity, Latvia

Black Sea Rotational Force 13, NATO military activity, Latvia

U.S. Ambassador to Latvia Mark Pekala, second from left, shakes hands with U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Uriel Holthaust, a platoon sergeant with a combined anti-armor team, after observing a joint, coordinated ... More

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, takes off after dropping

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, takes off after dropping

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, takes off after dropping Soldiers from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment off during an air assault mission during Exercise Anakonda 16, Oszsyz, Poland, June 11th, 2016. Ex... More

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) / commanding general of the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), (left), reenlists Staff Sgt. Dalton Smith, ... More

191125-N-CJ510-0556 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2019)

191125-N-CJ510-0556 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2019)

191125-N-CJ510-0556 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2019) – Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Paige Jewett fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a crew served weapons qualification course aboard the Arleigh Bur... More

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, pulls security while the team prepares their weapons at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar L... More

Soldiers with the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion

Soldiers with the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion

Soldiers with the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion conduct night qualification with the M2 .50-caliber machine gun, using thermal night optics, at the Orchard Combat Training Center, near Boise, Idaho on Novemb... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Devalk, a Motor Vehicle

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Devalk, a Motor Vehicle

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Devalk, a Motor Vehicle Operator from Combat Logistics Battalion 7 (CLB 7), Transportation Services Company, 2nd Platoon, coaches a fellow Marine as he fires the M2 Browning .5... More

U.S. Marines with Mike Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th

U.S. Marines with Mike Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th

U.S. Marines with Mike Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, set up a casualty evacuation site at a crew-served weapons range exercise during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 at Marine Corps Air Ground... More

The Combat Center Archeological and Paleontological

The Combat Center Archeological and Paleontological

The Combat Center Archeological and Paleontological Curation Center unveiled its new exhibits displaying artifacts like arrowheads made of different stones found aboard the Combat Center, Oct. 29, 2014. Among t... More

An M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun belonging to

An M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun belonging to

An M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun belonging to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 7, is set up before conducting a familiarization shoot on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 12, 2... More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engages multiple moving targets with an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a crew-served weapons t... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Neal Davis, 20th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Neal Davis, 20th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Neal Davis, 20th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, adjusts the positioning of a Browning M2 machine gun at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, near Wedgefield, S.C., April 19... More

A U.S. Marine with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Marine with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Marine with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, inserts rounds into a magazine at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 27, 2019... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Lee, communications specialist

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Lee, communications specialist

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Lee, communications specialist attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires his M-203 grenade launcher April 7 at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Air Force and Army personnel have... More

150721-N-KM939-010 ADMIRALTY GULF (July 21, 2015) -

150721-N-KM939-010 ADMIRALTY GULF (July 21, 2015) -

150721-N-KM939-010 ADMIRALTY GULF (July 21, 2015) - Operations Specialist 2nd Class Malcolm Dixon calls in a manned and ready signal at the forward .50-caliber machine gun during a small craft action team (SCAT... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 384th Military

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 384th Military

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 384th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, break down and load up their operational tents in response to an "inject" in the middle of their Warrio... More

A Marine with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

A Marine with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

A Marine with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, clears the chamber of an M240B medium machine gun at a crew-served range exercise during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 in M... More

Sky Soldiers from 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion fired

Sky Soldiers from 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion fired

Sky Soldiers from 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion fired a mounted .50 Cal in Grafenwoehr, Germany September 7, 2018 during Saber Junction 18. Exercise Saber Junction 18 is a U.S. Army Europe-directed exercise d... More

TRZEBIAN, Poland (Feb. 13, 2019) - A Soldier with the

TRZEBIAN, Poland (Feb. 13, 2019) - A Soldier with the

TRZEBIAN, Poland (Feb. 13, 2019) - A Soldier with the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based out of Fort Riley, Kansas, engages a target down range wi... More

200528-N-BM428-0082 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Gunner’s

200528-N-BM428-0082 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Gunner’s

200528-N-BM428-0082 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Jocimar Gaitan, assigned to the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), fires a MK 28 25mm machine gun during a we... More

Installers for the Materiel Fielding & Training Team

Installers for the Materiel Fielding & Training Team

Installers for the Materiel Fielding & Training Team remove the gunner protection kit from a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle to replace it with a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), at F... More

An Army Reserve Soldier from the 346th Engineer Company

An Army Reserve Soldier from the 346th Engineer Company

An Army Reserve Soldier from the 346th Engineer Company (Route Clearance), of Knightdale, N.C., fires a M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun for familiarization at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Aug. 2, during Operation Ri... More

An Afghan National Army infantry trainee examines a

An Afghan National Army infantry trainee examines a

An Afghan National Army infantry trainee examines a .50-caliber machine gun at the Infantry Branch School Sept. 26, 2010. The school is where soldiers selected as infantry do their advanced training.

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, fire an M2 .50 Cal. machine gun during a machine gun range at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 27, 2018. M... More

Spc. Rory Smith, grenadier attached to Laghman Provincial

Spc. Rory Smith, grenadier attached to Laghman Provincial

Spc. Rory Smith, grenadier attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, takes cover with his team during a live-fire squad movement at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 19. Air Force and Army personnel have co... More

Marines from the Marine Special Operations Support

Marines from the Marine Special Operations Support

Marines from the Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, fire the .50 caliber machine gun as part of the Special Operations Training Course aboard Camp Lej... More

170609-N-VR594-0012
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 9, 2016) Personnel

170609-N-VR594-0012 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 9, 2016) Personnel

170609-N-VR594-0012 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 9, 2016) Personnel Specialist 1st Class Melvin Azofeifa, from Tampa, Fla. mans the M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a general quarters drill aboard the Ticonderoga-cla... More

180407-N-FD185-7135 DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (April

180407-N-FD185-7135 DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (April

180407-N-FD185-7135 DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (April 7, 2018) Electronics Technician 1st Class Alexander Drew, assigned to Task Group (TG) 68.6, stands look out and sets security watch while members of the comman... More

170929-N-UK248-195 
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Sept. 29, 2017)

170929-N-UK248-195 STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Sept. 29, 2017)

170929-N-UK248-195 STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Sept. 29, 2017) Lance Cpls. Michael Turner, left, and Martin Delgado, both assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) aboard the amphibious dock landing ship... More

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Harris, from Lawton,

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Harris, from Lawton,

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Harris, from Lawton, Okla., left, provides the course of fire during a live-fire exercise aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)... More

Ammunition is loaded and ready to fire at ground

Ammunition is loaded and ready to fire at ground

Ammunition is loaded and ready to fire at ground qualification during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 25, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve's crew-served weapons qualification ... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Anthony Balac, assigned to the 2nd Platoon,

U.S. Army Pvt. Anthony Balac, assigned to the 2nd Platoon,

U.S. Army Pvt. Anthony Balac, assigned to the 2nd Platoon, 206th Military Police Company, New York Army National Guard, fires an M240B machine gun June 14, 2018, at Fort Drum, New York. Balac and his team came... More

190315-N-WI365-2001 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 15, 2019)

190315-N-WI365-2001 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 15, 2019)

190315-N-WI365-2001 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 15, 2019) – Operations Specialist 3rd Class Andre Morgan, from Columbus, Ohio, stands watch in the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard the amphibious dock landing shi... More

200111-N-AT530-1299 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 11, 2020)

200111-N-AT530-1299 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 11, 2020)

200111-N-AT530-1299 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 11, 2020) Chief Gunner’s Mate Jeremiah Hindel, right, assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), reviews parts of a .50 caliber m... More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2020) – Aviation Ordnanceman

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2020) – Aviation Ordnanceman

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2020) – Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Recruit Jacob Mazzella shoots a .50 caliber machine gun for a crew served weapons qualification aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo... More

Polish Tankers start to camo their vehicles during

Polish Tankers start to camo their vehicles during

Polish Tankers start to camo their vehicles during Exercise Anakonda 16, Nowa Deba, Poland, June 9th, 2016. Exercise Anakonda 16 is a Polish-led joint multinational exercise that brings together 24 allies and p... More

200528-N-BM428-0023 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Navy Counselor

200528-N-BM428-0023 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Navy Counselor

200528-N-BM428-0023 NORTH SEA (May 28, 2020) Navy Counselor 1st Class Cody Mitchell, assigned to the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), fires a .50-cal. machine gun during a w... More

A 17 pound rocket is fired from an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter

A 17 pound rocket is fired from an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter

A 17 pound rocket is fired from an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at a small island on the Tigris River running through Mosul, Iraq, Apr. 6. The small island dubbed Gilligan's island, is used by helicopter pilots as a ... More

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 354th Military

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 354th Military

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 354th Military Police Company, of St. Louis, releases the trigger of an M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun during a familiarization range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 5. T... More

Pfc. Caitlin Salefski, of Decatur, Illinois, a U.S.

Pfc. Caitlin Salefski, of Decatur, Illinois, a U.S.

Pfc. Caitlin Salefski, of Decatur, Illinois, a U.S. Army Reserve military police gunner for the 339th Military Police Company (Combat Support), headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, drinks water in the heat of a Wa... More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team,

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team,

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate i... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and tactics instructor, and Sgt Michael Roderick, a crew chief, both with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-363, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Cris... More

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine

Marines with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct live-fire drills on an M240B medium machine gun at a crew-served weapons range during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 ... More

Army Reserve drill sergeant, Staff Sgt. Hal Martin

Army Reserve drill sergeant, Staff Sgt. Hal Martin

Army Reserve drill sergeant, Staff Sgt. Hal Martin from Simpsonville S.C., of 1st Bn., 518th Inf. Reg., 2nd Bde., 98th Training Div. (IET), teaches preliminary marksmanship instruction to a group of Clemson Uni... More

Spc. Drake Klarkowski, of Moline, Illinois, a U.S.

Spc. Drake Klarkowski, of Moline, Illinois, a U.S.

Spc. Drake Klarkowski, of Moline, Illinois, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 339th Military Police Company (Combat Support), headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, puts on his gloves to prepare for a route recon... More

A U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier pulls the

A U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier pulls the

A U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier pulls the charging handles of a MK19 at a machine grenade launcher range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 7. The 384th Military Police Battalion, headquartered at Fort W... More

Senior Airman Nickolas Meppiel, vehicle operator attached

Senior Airman Nickolas Meppiel, vehicle operator attached

Senior Airman Nickolas Meppiel, vehicle operator attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, navigates down an IED training lane at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 26. Air Force and Army personnel have come... More

180105-N-FD185-3992 
PORT DE PECHE, Djibouti (Jan.

180105-N-FD185-3992 PORT DE PECHE, Djibouti (Jan.

180105-N-FD185-3992 PORT DE PECHE, Djibouti (Jan. 5, 2018) Members of Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 10 work on fixing a rough terrain trailer hose after recovering a SeaArk patrol boat. CRS-10 is forward dep... More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air

U.S. Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, clean brass from a firing range after conducting a buddy rush exercises at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Derek Edwards, a crew

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Derek Edwards, a crew

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Derek Edwards, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participates in a Tactical Air Control Party off the coast of Okinawa Februar... More

Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight

Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight

Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight checks on a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, before conducting a mission over Mosul, Iraq, April 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th S... More

USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducts a crew served weapons qualification course

USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducts a crew served weapons qualification cour...

161008-N-MW990-067 PACIFIC OCEAN (October 08, 2016) Petty Officer First Class Jed Lamping, left, and Petty Officer First Class Michael McCrackin, right, inflate a killer tomato, a target for a crew served weapo... More

U.S. Army Spc. Connor Chase, right, Delta Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Connor Chase, right, Delta Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Connor Chase, right, Delta Company, 186th Brigade Support Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, fires an M2A1 machine gun at targets while being assiste... More

USS PHILIPPINE SEA CONDUCTS .50 CAL/LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE/DEPLOYMENT

USS PHILIPPINE SEA CONDUCTS .50 CAL/LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE/DEPLOYMENT

210116-N-IE405-1291 GULF OF OMAN (Jan. 16, 2021) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jake Young changes the barrel on a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine... More

Sgt. Adam Schakel, an Oskaloosa, Iowa, native and cavalry

Sgt. Adam Schakel, an Oskaloosa, Iowa, native and cavalry

Sgt. Adam Schakel, an Oskaloosa, Iowa, native and cavalry scout with B Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, loads MK-19 chalk rounds into an ammo case in pre... More

Sgt. Peter Iatrou of Blackfoot Troop, 6th Squadron,

Sgt. Peter Iatrou of Blackfoot Troop, 6th Squadron,

Sgt. Peter Iatrou of Blackfoot Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division showing a German soldier how to change the barrel on the M2 machine gun July 3, 2013. Bla... More

160228-N-KM939-188 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 28, 2016) -

160228-N-KM939-188 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 28, 2016) -

160228-N-KM939-188 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 28, 2016) - Gunner’s Mate Seaman Ashley Koblitz, from Jacksonville, fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a small craft action team exercise aboard the guided-missile de... More

201217-M-ZN327-2020 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2020) –

201217-M-ZN327-2020 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2020) –

201217-M-ZN327-2020 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2020) – U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait to shoot a live-fire training event on the flight deck of the amphibious tr... More

An M240B machine gun sits on the flight deck of the

An M240B machine gun sits on the flight deck of the

An M240B machine gun sits on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) prior to a targeting exercise. The Marines prepared several weapon systems to fire at an infl... More

A U.S. Marine with 2d Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB),

A U.S. Marine with 2d Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB),

A U.S. Marine with 2d Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB), 2d Marine Division fires an M2 Browning machine gun during a live-fire range at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, July 17, 2020. Marines with CLB are training wit... More

Sailors assigned to the weapons department of the aircraft

Sailors assigned to the weapons department of the aircraft

Sailors assigned to the weapons department of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush fire a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin J. Steinberg)

Major Gen. John K. Love sits atop an M1A1 Abrams Tank

Major Gen. John K. Love sits atop an M1A1 Abrams Tank

Major Gen. John K. Love sits atop an M1A1 Abrams Tank at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 5, 2017. Love spent time interacting with the Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion while controlling a tank and its var... More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team,

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team,

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate i... More

180308-N-XB010-0002 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2018)

180308-N-XB010-0002 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2018)

180308-N-XB010-0002 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2018) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Elliot Rodriguez, from Fajardo, Puerto Rico, instructs Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Sasha Caldwell, from Augusta, Ga., on aiming ... More

190314-N-JN784-1137 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 14, 2019)

190314-N-JN784-1137 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 14, 2019)

190314-N-JN784-1137 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 14, 2019) Fire Controlman 2nd Class John Saunders observes as rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun hit a surface target near the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile des... More

A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier with the 4-118th

A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier with the 4-118th

A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier with the 4-118th Combined Arms Battalion (CAB), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (attached to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina National Guard) cleans a .... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kinga Hudson, 55th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kinga Hudson, 55th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kinga Hudson, 55th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, loads ammunition into a .50 caliber machine gun on an HH-60G Pave Hawk at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Jan. 14, 2020... More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engages multiple moving targets with an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a crew-served weapons t... More

Brass 7.62 mm shells eject from an M240B machine gun

Brass 7.62 mm shells eject from an M240B machine gun

Brass 7.62 mm shells eject from an M240B machine gun at a qualification range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 6, during a multi-day training event. The 384th Military Police Battalion, headquartered at Fort Wayne... More

Spc. Timothy Roche, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry

Spc. Timothy Roche, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry

Spc. Timothy Roche, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment finishes aranging his gear during an air assault mission during Exercise Anakonda 16, Oszsyz, Poland, June 11th, 2016. Exercise Anakonda 16 is a ... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Rohan Wright, a cavalry scout with the

U.S. Army Pfc. Rohan Wright, a cavalry scout with the

U.S. Army Pfc. Rohan Wright, a cavalry scout with the Personal Security Detachment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to fire an M203 Grenade Launcher while at the weapons... More

1711028-N-QJ850-0144
OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2017) Naval

1711028-N-QJ850-0144 OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2017) Naval

1711028-N-QJ850-0144 OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2017) Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Connor Murray from Rhinebeck, New York, loads a .50-caliber machine gun aboard an MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to Helicopter... More

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires a M240B machine gun during night qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10,... More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Weaver from Delta

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Weaver from Delta

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Weaver from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,143rd (Airborne) Infantry Regiment fires a .50 caliber machine gun at the Golden Coyote exercise on Camp Guernsey, Guernsey, Wyo., ... More

20160403-N-FV739-005
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2016)

20160403-N-FV739-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2016)

20160403-N-FV739-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2016) – Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Yeison Bobadilla performs maintenance on a .50 cal gun mount on the stern of guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) during an ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Arezalo, a Sniper with Headquarters,

U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Arezalo, a Sniper with Headquarters,

U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Arezalo, a Sniper with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 4-118th Combined Arms Battalion (CAB), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (attached to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Sou... More

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company,

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company,

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct live-fire exercises Dec. 7, 2015, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. The ... More

180921-N-FA806-0076 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2018)

180921-N-FA806-0076 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2018)

180921-N-FA806-0076 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2018) Chief Gunner's Mate Nathan Coucheronaamot, from Rialto, California, performs a maintenance check on a .50-caliber machine gun prior to a gun shoot aboard the ... More

171112-N-OW019-018 U.S 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

171112-N-OW019-018 U.S 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

171112-N-OW019-018 U.S 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (NOV. 12, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Coplin, a native of Portland, Oregon, assigned to the operations department aboard the amphibious dock landin... More

171029-N-CF105-044 WATERS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN (Oct.

171029-N-CF105-044 WATERS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN (Oct.

171029-N-CF105-044 WATERS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN (Oct. 29, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Morgan Pearex, from Arlington, Texas, left, stands as the safety observer while Gunner’s Mate Seaman Shelby Willst, from ... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Bears, AAV7A1 tracked vehicle crewman,

Lance Cpl. Tyler Bears, AAV7A1 tracked vehicle crewman,

Lance Cpl. Tyler Bears, AAV7A1 tracked vehicle crewman, loads a Mk 19 Grenade Launcher with high explosive dual purpose rounds during a live-fire exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia Aug. 25. Marines with Alpha... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Cochran (left) and

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Cochran (left) and

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Cochran (left) and Pfc. Spencer Schvaneveldt, students, Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, engage simulated enemy vehicles with a Browning ... More

As a one .50-caliber round makes its way to its target,

As a one .50-caliber round makes its way to its target,

As a one .50-caliber round makes its way to its target, the shock wave of an M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle, shot by Staff Sgt. Josean Figueroa, citizen-Soldier from the 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment of ... More

Previous

of 18

Next

The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

Disclaimer: A work of the U.S. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. National Archives or DVIDS.  https://www.picryl.com

Developed by GetArchive, 2015-2024